SOLUTION: 17 -8 1/2 =

Question 295607: 17
-8 1/2 =

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note: We can write 17 as since

Using the note above, we can go from

  17
-  8 1/2
---------

  16 2/2
-  8 1/2
---------

Now just subtract the common parts. So and meaning that

  16 2/2
-  8 1/2
---------
   8 1/2

So this also means that

  17
-  8 1/2
---------
   8 1/2

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